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Yellen sounds warning about ‘extremely inefficient’ bitcoin

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KEY POINTS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday warned that bitcoin is an “extremely inefficient” way to conduct monetary transactions. She spoke as the cryptocurrency’s price tumbled in morning...

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Lynny
·2021-02-23
It was never meant to be a transactional currency, rather a stored value asset like gold
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Wallstrtbets
·2021-02-23
Does she really know about bitcoin other than hearsay?
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Kuanygee
·2021-02-23
别阻挡人发财吗
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·2021-02-23
[喷血]
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Pewuf
·2021-02-23
Boomers have no idea
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It’s an extremely inefficient way of conducting transactions, and the amount of energy that’s consumed in processing those transactions is staggering.”\nMining bitcoin requires users to solve complex mathematical equations using high-powered computer setups. 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